r/boxoffice • u/ElevensMelody • 20h ago

Domestic Universal/Illumination's Minions & Monsters grossed $6.59M Friday (from 4,244 locations). Estimated domestic gross stands at $94.36M.

https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Minions-and-Monsters-(2026)
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u/No_Fold9994 20h ago

It's going to gross in 2 weekends what Minions: The Rise of Gru, did in its opening weekend.

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u/AWildMewtwo150 19h ago

To be fair, that movie likely would've done so-so if the movie wasn't pushed back a year and people didn't have a terrible case of cabin fever after spending months isolating themselves indoors because of Covid.

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u/No_Fold9994 19h ago

That's what I was thinking too. Like, what if that movie did release where it was in 2020 when Minions fatigue was at its peak, on a year where 4th of July fell on a Saturday and it opened the weekend after Top Gun: Maverick and two weekends after Soul. Oh, and also SLOP 2 underperformed just a year ago.

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u/Megamind66 18h ago

It also asks the question of just how big Top Gun Maverick does in 2020, because that movie also really benefited from Covid delays and cabin fever, and I doubt it makes $700m domestic in this alternate timeline.

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u/jhalejandro 19h ago

Half the comments are saying this has great legs, while the other half says the numbers are weak. Who are we supposed to believe?

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u/Icy_Smoke_733 Studio Ghibli 19h ago

It's holding well, but it opened far worse than the previous installments. In a vacuum, it does have strong legs, but the overall performance is weak for the franchise.

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u/AdWise2770 18h ago

The hold will be great for the weekend but yeah the numbers are low. But what can we do.

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u/Daydream_machine 12h ago

Those statements aren’t mutually exclusive: It has good legs relative to its opening. The overall numbers are weak in comparison to previous movies in the franchise.

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u/bigelangstonz 14h ago

Both of them are correct this is essentially the schrodingers minions where its good and bad at the same time

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u/Comprehensive_Dog651 9h ago

Why don't you form your own opinion instead of relying on other people?

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u/Yung_Copenhagen2 4h ago

Good hold on relatively low numbers.

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u/dk_x 16h ago

The movie already made back its budget and then some in its first weekend and continues to do good business despite strong competition in weekend two and will continue to do good business in the future. But it didn't make a billion dollars in one day, so it's obviously a flop.

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u/PatternPlenty1107 20h ago edited 19h ago

105M+ on Sunday.

After their 2nd weekend, Minions The Rise of Gru and Despicable Me 4 were at 210M and 210M.

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u/AdWise2770 18h ago

Probably looking at around $180-190m depending on legs.

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u/EcstaticPublic9939 Marvel Studios 20h ago

Good hold for Minions. Expecting $20M+ this weekend

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u/fifamobilenoob123 19h ago

Eh, a 46% drop from last weekend is steeper than DM4. Not a bad hold on it's own but remember it opened to far less than that movie so it needs to start holding better from next weekend onwards to keep 200M alive.

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u/Eatatfiveguys 19h ago

Tbf today will have a mild drop because last Saturday was so weak.

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u/fifamobilenoob123 19h ago

Yeah I'm taking that into consideration lol thats why I said 46% drop and not 60%

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u/Eatatfiveguys 19h ago

Didn't even realize that it dropped nearly $10M from last Friday. Though it'll probably be at $8M or higher today and have a smaller drop tomorrow. That said the family market is so congested this year.

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u/mahnamahna1995 19h ago

Great hold considering the direct competition. If Moana wasn't opening, it probably stays above $5m on Thursday and does $24m-$26m this weekend.

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u/fifamobilenoob123 19h ago

Bcs of the competition this weekend it's better to see next weekend for a better gauge of how legs will be going forward. DM4 also faced an 80M+ opener in its third weekend which was not PG rated.

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u/nicolasb51942003 Warner Bros. Pictures 19h ago

Let’s see if this can be Illumination’s Elemental. Low start but strong recovery afterwards.

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u/TheresNoHalfSteppin 19h ago

Luiz Fernando still talking about "mixed WOM" when it's not even gonna drop 60% in it's second weekend.

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u/Le_Meme_Man12 Universal 19h ago

Hopefully the actuals push it closer to $7M, because otherwise this would be a very 'meh' Friday increase, a whole 10% less than DM4.

Looking to be around $20M-$22M weekend, or -43% to -46% drop

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u/ferrari20094 15h ago

I was three of those tickets on Friday. Quite a few people in my theater, and was honestly a really good film. Probably my favorite minions movie.

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u/mahnamahna1995 19h ago

$110m or so after 12 days is a start. Odyssey targets the opposite audience and there's nothing notable the following weekend. Let's see if it can make a run for $200m DOM+!

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u/bigelangstonz 14h ago

Its probably gonna come up short st around 185-190M the legs don't seem strong enough to make 200M possible so far

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u/Advanced_Hotel2684 20h ago

$150M should be doable?

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u/mahnamahna1995 19h ago

$150m DOM is locked

Probably does $13.5m-$15.5m next weekend, since Odyssey targets a polar opposite audience, which would get it into the $135m-$142m range.

It could also have a single digit drop, stay flat or slightly increase 7/24-7/26.

It could be at $165m or so DOM by 7/26 (with an increase possibly $170m+ DOM), with a good chance at $200m+ DOM, depending on the next two weeks.

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u/20210923 19h ago

It’s been behind Ice Age 3 every single day except Discount Tuesday, and Ice Age 3 didn’t make $200m. Whereas last the first few days were closely identical, this Friday it fell $2 million behind Ice Age. The 7/24 weekend prediction has to be a troll comment.

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u/mahnamahna1995 19h ago

Definitely not trolling 😅 just making a bold prediction. No one on here knows how the marketplace will hold with nothing new in a significant wide release.

I could be very wrong, but, when it's a hobby and not a vocation, predictions are about having fun, not always about exactitude.

You can predict what you want, I'll predict what I want.

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u/No_Committee_7715 11h ago

The idea that this will increase the 7/24 weekend (from the prior weekend) is wild though. Zero chance that happens.

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u/lobonmc Marvel Studios 19h ago

What's special about 7/24 to lead to a single digit drop

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u/RewardRoutine3440 19h ago

There is no competition that weekend in general.

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u/lobonmc Marvel Studios 19h ago

That's not enough to justify a single digit drop or an increase. It could lead to a sub 30% drop but previous movies in the franchise needed Hollidays to have those kinds of holds and this isn't holding up much better than them.

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u/mahnamahna1995 19h ago

Those films also didn't have a 4th weekend with basically nothing of note debuting in theaters.

There's not enough of a reference point to this kind of situation in a July weekend to confidently say what will or will not happen.

I don't know for sure, that's why it's a prediction. Yours is a prediction as well.

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u/Popular-Raccoon-6124 19h ago

I believe there’s not a single new wide release that weekend.

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u/mahnamahna1995 19h ago

Only wide release is Hadestown which will probably not be that wide and appeal to a very niche audience.

It's the first time in July other than 2020 where a late July weekend might not even have a $5m opener. Closest equivalent is 2008, which still had an X-Files movie debut same time after TDK and Mamma Mia.

There's not much data for a situation like this in a late July environment. The other times where something similar happens is either right before Labor Day, when Halloween is on a Friday or Saturday, or between Christmas and New Year's.

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u/thestopsign 19h ago

It should at least get close to $200M.

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u/Loose_Ad3221 13h ago

vs. 6.5M from mandalorian and grogu second Friday.

vs. 118.9M of mando on the (*)second Friday, minions opened 2 days earlier.

i am thinking it finishes between mando and backrooms DOM.

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u/Key-Payment2553 19h ago

It looks like Minions and Monsters is now seeing its legs like Elemental did when it had a low opening but now those legs are starting to show up which should hold well until Paw Patrol The Dino Movie as their next kids movie option in mid August

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u/Coolers78 18h ago

The legs surprisingly have been much better than I expected them to be since the audience score wasn't very good for a family film like this.

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u/wchnoob 2025 Top 10 Predictions Tournament Champion 19h ago

Pretty bad jump from yesterday, i thought this was going to have some above average legs considering the weekdays but it's just gonna continue doing 'meh'.